Anniversaries in History
August 9

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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 9

  • 80th: 1944 - Birth of Sam Elliot in California, USA; actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty).
  • 50th: 1974 - US President Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president.
  • 40th: 1984 - Daley Thomas of Britain sets the decathlon record (8,847) in Los Angeles, California.
  • 25th: 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
  • 20th: 2004 - British football player Lee Hughes, 28, is sentenced to six years in prison and banned from driving for ten years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Hughes also has his contract terminated by his employer West Bromwich Albion.
  • 20th: 2004 - Disney's Donald Duck cartoon character receives a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
  • 20th: 2004 - Death of Tony Mottola at age 86 after a stroke and double pneumonia; guitarist (studio musician, CBS studio orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, arranger for Perry Como's TV variety show).

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